Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-02-18
CRIMES AND

Rewards of $1,000 have been offered for
the capture of the men who rescued the fur
thief from the officers on the Cleveland and
Pittsburg train.
The Daily Times Office at Dubuque was
burned at an early hour on Sunday morning,
the 9th. The fire caught from a stove in the
press room, in the basement, and ran up the
elevator shaft to the composing room in the
third story, completely destroying the latter.
The loss is covered by insurance. A small
edition of the paper was printed from the
Herald Office the next morning, since when the
regular editions have appeared.
Springfield, Ills, was visited by three dis
tinct shocks of earthquake about 4 o'clock on
the morning of the 7th. No damage was done.
Harry McMunn was arrested ut P%ittsburg
for completely in the recent extensive fur rob
bery at Cleveland. amounting to $4,000 AS
he was being taken from Pittsburg to Cleve-
land in charge of Detectives Hoehne and HUI
ligan, the train was boarded by five men, who
attacked and ~overpowered the officers and res
cued the prisoner after a desperate fight. De-
tective Hulligan received seven bullet wounds
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the rescuers, who was carried off by his part
ners, and all made their escape 1t is very
doubtful whether either of the detectives can
survive.
The most frightful railroad accident since
the Ashtabula disaster occurred on the Yer
mont Central near Woodstock, VT, about 2
o'clock of the morning of the 9Th. A passen-
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bearing excursionists from Boston and Spring
field, Mass. to the ice carnival at Montreal,
was hurled by a broken rail from the bridge
over the White River on to the ice below, a
distance of fifty feet. One of the overturned
passenger coaches at once took fire, and soon
the entire train was ablaze. The ice was very
thick and no water could be had with which to
check the flames. 1t is thought the number
killed and perishing in the flames will reach
sixty. But few of the remains can be recog-
nized.
AT a funeral in New Orleans, the police
nabbed Margaret A. Murphy, who had been
seen to pick the pocket of a mourner. 1t was
soon learned that she had practiced this game
for many years without arousing suspicion,
and had lived respectfully on the proceeds.
One hundred complaints had been filed with
the police.
During a riot at Jersey City the strikers
attacked Italians at the Erie railroad dock. but
were repulsed by the police after n savage on.
slaught with clubs, in which many were in.
jured.
1t has quite clearly developed that 6. O
Dalemoe, who killed himself near Sioux Falls
on the 4th inst, was the murderer of hi
mother, whose death occurred the day follow.
ing, from poison. Dalemoe and his mother
lived together, and when the Coroner arrived a
the scene of the suicide he found the old lad,
in a dying condition. Upon the person of the
dead man was found a bottle and a glass, eacl
containing evidences of poison.
Two men named Lee and Leferege wer,
killed by an explosion Of giant powder at
ei..ding camp of the Denver, Memphis ane
Auahto Railroad, in the Flint Hills, eigh
ni'ics west " Cedarvillc, Ark. Two other
were padly wounded, but will recover.
AT Helena, Montana, fire DESTROYED the an
mex 70 the international Hotel and three stores
Lewis butcher shop, yobe's dry goods an,
Lehman's grocery. Total loss. $50. OOO: insur
ance about one-third. The mercury was a
below and water scarce. One man was injured
and another, an artist, is supposed to hav,
persisted. There are numerous individual
losses and minor casualties.